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Mark Twain

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2012

    Mike Daisey's "Truthiness"

    ​This week's episode of This American Life is both fascinating and painful to listen to, as many of the show's best episodes are. I came away from it still enraged at Mike Daisey and his lies, but also a bit sympathetic toward him. The show made it clear, without saying so, that he's dealing with ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 30, 2011

    Slaughterhouse Revisited

    ​This week's episode of This American Life is both fascinating and painful to listen to, as many of the show's best episodes are. I came away from it still enraged at Mike Daisey and his lies, but also a bit sympathetic toward him. The show made it clear, without saying so, that he's dealing with ... More >>

  • News

    August 31, 2011

    City Charter May Keep Top Contender Out of DA Race

    ​This week's episode of This American Life is both fascinating and painful to listen to, as many of the show's best episodes are. I came away from it still enraged at Mike Daisey and his lies, but also a bit sympathetic toward him. The show made it clear, without saying so, that he's dealing with ... More >>

  • Film

    February 23, 2011

    Arthouse Movie Listings for February 23-March 1, 2011

    ​This week's episode of This American Life is both fascinating and painful to listen to, as many of the show's best episodes are. I came away from it still enraged at Mike Daisey and his lies, but also a bit sympathetic toward him. The show made it clear, without saying so, that he's dealing with ... More >>

  • Film

    December 22, 2010

    "True Grit": The Coen brothers' perverse buddy tale

    ​This week's episode of This American Life is both fascinating and painful to listen to, as many of the show's best episodes are. I came away from it still enraged at Mike Daisey and his lies, but also a bit sympathetic toward him. The show made it clear, without saying so, that he's dealing with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2010

    Bay Citizen Launches. We Report on Their Reporting.

    The Bay Citizen has launched ... with an expose of a 35-year-old law​At last, the Warren Hellman-funded Bay Citizen has launched. Rather than cover co-founders quitting the media nonprofit in a huff or its decision to award a CEO with no journalism experience a $400,000 salary and freelancers $25 ... More >>

  • Music

    April 7, 2010

    Bouncer: The Dude vs. the Gent in North Beach

    The Bay Citizen has launched ... with an expose of a 35-year-old law​At last, the Warren Hellman-funded Bay Citizen has launched. Rather than cover co-founders quitting the media nonprofit in a huff or its decision to award a CEO with no journalism experience a $400,000 salary and freelancers $25 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2009

    Pisco Punch, a Butt-Kicking Sip of S.F. History

    Kenn Wilson/FlickrThe version at Pisco Latin Lounge: From the Monkey Block to your lips.​The mind can touch on all sorts of topics when allowed to wander unimpeded. So it was that as we reflected on Chinatown's annual Double 10 celebration commemorating the overthrow of the Xing Dynasty on Oct ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 24, 2009

    But “Frisco” Tattoos Are Fine

    Kenn Wilson/FlickrThe version at Pisco Latin Lounge: From the Monkey Block to your lips.​The mind can touch on all sorts of topics when allowed to wander unimpeded. So it was that as we reflected on Chinatown's annual Double 10 celebration commemorating the overthrow of the Xing Dynasty on Oct ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2009

    Has Willie Brown Outfoxed the Board of Supervisors -- Again?

    Why was Willie Brown -- that's him on the left -- involved in sponsoring an Assembly bill the city's Board of Supervisors is madly hoping to derail?It probably wasn't really Mark Twain who said "Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting over." But until the day 80-proof distilled spirits ... More >>

  • Culture

    June 24, 2009

    Also Playing

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Culture

    June 17, 2009

    Also Playing

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Culture

    June 3, 2009

    Also Playing

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Culture

    May 27, 2009

    Also Playing

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Music

    February 4, 2009

    Skittles and Punk Floyd at the Uptown

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2009

    Last Night: The State Reunion at SF Sketchfest

      (Photos courtesy Tommy Lau)The State Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 24 and 25, 2009 Eureka Theatre and Herbst Theatre Better than: the Beatles, Jesus, and Pamela Anderson I'm going to jump to the conclusion that you're just like me -- a productive member of society in their mid-to-late 20s, raised ... More >>

  • Music

    June 4, 2008

    Fake flowers and free champagne: Silver Cloud’s homespun charm

      (Photos courtesy Tommy Lau)The State Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 24 and 25, 2009 Eureka Theatre and Herbst Theatre Better than: the Beatles, Jesus, and Pamela Anderson I'm going to jump to the conclusion that you're just like me -- a productive member of society in their mid-to-late 20s, raised ... More >>

  • Dining

    December 5, 2007

    Loca-voracious

    If you want your food to be raised within a hundred miles, get down to the farm

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2007

    Putts From the Past

    If you want your food to be raised within a hundred miles, get down to the farm

  • Blogs

    July 31, 2007

    Gavin, Golden Gate Park and the Homeless: A Theory

    If you want your food to be raised within a hundred miles, get down to the farm

  • Culture

    February 7, 2007

    Too Much Sanity

    Musical about one of S.F.'s oddest characters is a curiously staid affair

  • Home Entertainment

    October 26, 2005

    Cameron Crowing

    Musical about one of S.F.'s oddest characters is a curiously staid affair

  • Calendar

    October 5, 2005

    The Best Minds

    An epic reading for the 50th anniversary of Allen Ginsberg's "Howl"

  • Culture

    May 25, 2005

    Coach: Lessons on the Game of Life

    Trite as it is, this slim volume about Lewis' childhood coach is never a bore

  • Music

    March 31, 2004

    House of Tudor

    Celebrate the Holy Fool at the St. Stupid's Day Parade, and foolishness with Les Sans Culottes

  • Music

    March 10, 2004

    Geek Chic

    Stanford Junior MC Lars Horris may not unseat Eminem, but, with luck, he might be the next "Weird Al"

  • Music

    November 19, 2003

    House of Tudor

    Get the scoop on SF's Emperor Norton

  • News

    October 1, 2003

    Glub Glub

    In which our first solo sail nearly becomes our last

  • News

    September 10, 2003

    Camel Jockeys of the Sierra Nevada

    At the Virginia City International Camel Races, the camels may go fast or slow, but the riders are always appreciative

  • Music

    August 20, 2003

    The Hunt Is On

    The clues to Belle & Sebastian's treasure hunt

  • Holiday

    November 20, 2002

    GIFTS

    DVDs | Music DVDs | CDs | Books

  • Film

    July 3, 2002

    Reps Etc.

    DVDs | Music DVDs | CDs | Books

  • News

    June 19, 2002

    The Spectre Inspectors

    When it's a question of spectral orbs -- or ectoplasm, or cold spots, or plain old ordinary ghosts -- who are you going to call? Why, Bay Area Paranormal Investigations, of course.

  • Dining

    July 25, 2001

    Shaken, Not Stirred

    g bar

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 23, 2001

    Best Day Trip

    Red Bluff

  • News

    January 3, 2001

    Cocktail Time

    New U.S. guidelines suggest that powerful anti-viral drug combinations should be used later, rather than earlier, in treating AIDS

  • News

    December 27, 2000

    San Francisco Victorians

    At the Great Dickens Christmas Fair, 'tis always the season for historical fidelity

  • Dining

    August 18, 1999

    Golden Oldie

    At the Great Dickens Christmas Fair, 'tis always the season for historical fidelity

  • Culture

    April 28, 1999

    Stage

    At the Great Dickens Christmas Fair, 'tis always the season for historical fidelity

  • News

    September 30, 1998

    From Chinatown to Niketown

    Robert Towne, the best screenwriter in the business and the man who invented Jake Gittes, is back with a bio of Olympic runner Steve Prefontaine

  • Music

    September 16, 1998

    Love Letters

    Belle & Sebastian's long-distance romance continues with The Boy With the Arab Strap

  • Culture

    June 10, 1998

    Stage

    Belle & Sebastian's long-distance romance continues with The Boy With the Arab Strap

  • News

    December 25, 1996

    Buttheads

    A longtime cigar nut examines the sudden crass commercialism of his favorite vice

  • Calendar

    June 19, 1996

    Slap Shots

    A longtime cigar nut examines the sudden crass commercialism of his favorite vice

  • Calendar

    May 15, 1996

    Slap Shots

    A longtime cigar nut examines the sudden crass commercialism of his favorite vice

  • Calendar

    March 6, 1996

    Night+Day

    A longtime cigar nut examines the sudden crass commercialism of his favorite vice

  • Dining

    December 6, 1995

    Dish

    A longtime cigar nut examines the sudden crass commercialism of his favorite vice

  • Calendar

    July 5, 1995

    Slap Shots

    A longtime cigar nut examines the sudden crass commercialism of his favorite vice

  • Culture

    June 21, 1995

    Lighten Up

    Julius Caesar overplays Shakespeare's cynical theme; Connecticut Yankee engages with sweet silliness

  • Culture

    June 7, 1995

    Aisle Seat

    Julius Caesar overplays Shakespeare's cynical theme; Connecticut Yankee engages with sweet silliness

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